Tire Retreads Save Money and Resources for Many Industries
(ARA) - Retreaded truck tires represent a savings of more than $2 billion annually for truckers and trucking companies in North America. For most fleets, tires represent the third largest item in their operating budget, right after labor and fuel costs. The lowest possible cost-per-mile is achieved with a good tire management program that includes the use of quality retreads. Retreads are the replacement tire of choice for most truckers. Of the nearly 33.8 million replacement tires purchased by fleets in 2000, over 18.1 million were retreads and only about 15.6 million were new replacement tires.
Retreads are not only cost effective, but they are also dependable, reliable and safe. Truckers with scheduled delivery times, small package delivery companies with guaranteed delivery times, commercial and military jets and most school bus operators use retreads. Retreads are also environmentally friendly. Tires are made of petro-chemical products. It takes 22 gallons of oil to manufacture one new truck tire.
Most of the oil is found in the casing, which is reused in the retreading process. As a result, only seven gallons of oil are used to produce a retread. Retreaders, like trucking companies, have experienced considerable consolidation. Today, the most successful retreaders are those with the highest quality products, delivering the best possible return on the investment to the fleets. Because of the competitive nature of the retreading industry, truckers can expect to see continuous improvement in the quality, durability and reliability, as the major retread suppliers annually invest millions of dollars in research and development.
Imagine a world without retreads: * Groceries would cost more, since virtually all grocery delivery trucks use retreads. * Our dependence on oil would rise. Since tires contain a very high percentage of synthetic rubber, which is petroleum based, we would have to import huge additional amounts of oil. * New tire prices would probably rise significantly. Retreads act as a brake on tire price increases.
* Airline tickets would cost more. Virtually all commercial airlines use retreads. Surprised? * Scrap tire piles in landfills would skyrocket with about 30 million additional tires every year. Every time a tire is retreaded there is one less tire for our already overloaded landfills. * Construction costs for roads, bridges, factories, housing, etc., would rise dramatically if the large tires used on earthmoving vehicles were not retreaded.
In fact, just about everything we buy would cost more since practically everything we eat, wear, use at home or at work is delivered on trucks using retreads. For more information about the many economic and environmental benefits of retreaded tires, contact the Tire Retread Information Bureau toll free, at (888) 473-8732 or by e-mail at info@retread.org..
Courtesy ARA Content, www.ARAcontent.com; e-mail: info@ARAcontent.comDiscount Truck Tires
Truck Tires have to operate amongst the most strenuous of all environments, when one looks at the automobile sector. Since purchase of regular tires can be a costly affair, truck owners often opt for a cheaper alternative.
There are many necessary details which have to be kept in mind when one goes in for purchasing Discount Tires for Trucks. These tires must ensure smooth operability while catering to different loads across roads, and provide traction irrespective of weather.
Tires for trucks come in a range of sizes and are designed to perform well in a wide range of temperatures.
Different techniques are followed before and after manufacture to ensure longevity of traction. The tire pressure is a very important parameter, and tire pressure should be kept at ideal levels in all the tires within a vehicle. If there is low air pressure in one tire, it puts undue strain on another, and thus the wear-and-tear rate is enhanced.
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Schumacher Dismisses Speculations On BMW Issue
The leader of the Ferrari racing team and currently the second ranking Formula 1 driver, Michael Schumacher, had dismissed the spreading rumors that he is on his way to jump to another Formula 1 team in the near future.
The report was formulated during the release of the August edition of F1 Racing magazine. According to the report, Michael Schumacher's manager Wili Weber had a secret meeting with the senior directors of BMW Sauber Formula 1 team. The alleged meeting discussed about the possibility of Michael Schumacher to join the BMW Sauber racing lineup in the 2008 season of Formula 1 Grand Prix, which will cause Weber to earn billions of bucks. There is no report about the plans of BMW Sauber to support Ferrari by providing them BMW parts.
At the German Grand Prix press conference last Thursday, the media curiously asked Schumacher about the rumors and if he knows anything about the BMW...
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Check Your Tire Pressure During The Season To Be Jolly
The season to be jolly is once again just around the corner. It is the time for giving gifts. It is the time for family and friends. It is the time for good home-cooked food. It is the time for Christmas trees and wonderful lights.
It is the time to share your smiles. It is the time for Santa Claus. It is a time merely to be just happy. And it is also a time for cool weather so much so that it is important that we do check everything else that could be affected by such a change in climate.
One thing we should first be aware of is that we should be able to do check our tires' pressure.
The change in weather ? from hot and humid to cool and crisp ? would sure do take its effects on your tires. And your tires may not seem to have changed but the air inside them does feel the cold. Other parts of your vehicle like your Volvo 240 parts may not suffer at all, but your tires sure do.
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Mastercraft Tires - Driving With Styile
The contributions of the American company on the landscape of the United States in its history and contemporary makeup have an absolutely wide varied place its difficult to comprehend at times.
Without question, though, a contribution that certainly went beyond the community development and needed product provider that is so commonly connected with various companies, was that if plant usage in the World War II effort made by so many companies.
Such was the case with the future producers of the Mastercraft Tire when the hard goods point of their production facilities was transformed into a production plant for such items as: pontoons, landing boats and other military goods in 1941.
Its probably little more than an interesting anecdote to today's consumers of Mastercraft Tires, but it seems to set a reasonable precedence for a company that has seemingly continued to give to its country of origin.
The makers of Mastercraft Tires, the Cooper Tire...
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